Rubber-soled shoe.



A'. J. B. FAURE.

RUBBER SOLED- SHOE.

APPLICATION-FILED 13110.20, 1912.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Witnesses: K v I Infventor.-

Attorney.

ARTHUR JEAN BAPTISTE FAURE, 0F PARIS, FRANCE.

RUBBER-SQLED SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten can. ee, 1era Application led. December 20, 1912. Serial'No. 737,847.'

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, ARTHUR J EAN BArTIsTE FAURE, a citizen of the French Re ublic,'and residing at 60 Rue de- Rbeval, aris, Department of the Seine, France, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rubber-Soled Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object a boot sole with an extended extra sole or tread formed by a single layer of indiarubber.

Attempts have already been made to attach india-rubber soles under leather soles of shoes so as to make them waterproof. When such india-rubber soles are simply secured by a cement they are not durable because the cement becomes loosened after a short period. -When they are sewn or nailed they are secured'only under the forward part of the sole and do not cover the bent part of the latter which, as a consequence, is not waterproof. Moreover, the parts of indiarubber soles sewn or nailed have been se-l cured by means of a leather edging wholly surrounds them, with the result that a thick leather edge is located under the bent portion of the sole ungraceful to lseeand incommoding the wearer of the shoe.

The present invention has for its, object an india-rubber extended sole which wholly covers the leather sole and, as a consequence,

makes it fully waterproof without giving extra thickness or a raised edge at the place where the sole bends.

AThe object of the invention 1s illustrated by way of example in the accompanying' drawings.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the sole and of a part of thel upper leather. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of t e mdia-rubber sole. Fig. 3 is a section through the line A`A in Fig. 1. K

the manner on to the .welt 2. under-sole 3 is then placed againstthe welt.

On to this under-sole the extra extended indiasrubber sole or tread 4 is'fixed. 'I his india-rubber sole is molded in a single plece which The uplper leather 1 of the boot is sewn of a thickness varying. according `to the strength of the boot lfor which it isintended. e .It has on its circumference a part 5 that is cut away or made thinner for the purpose of receiving a leather edging 6 and for insertion in the heel. The whole comprisin the under-so1e, the extra extended india-ru ber tread and the edging is sewn on to the welt like an ordinary sole. The heel is formed by a false lift 7, of the same thickness as the cut awa part of the extended rubber sole, on whic the ordinary lifts 8 are arranged.

The heel is nailed on in the usual way.

On the under-sole a filling 9 lis arranged,

above which the in sole 10 is put in the usual solutely impermeable sol The sole ibeing firmly secured by being sewn between the under-sole 3 and theedging 6. is free from' the inconvenience that exists in india-rubber soles which are attached by adhesives as such soles become loose in a relatively short space of time.

A- boot provided with a sole constructed in accordance with this invention can be very easily re-soled. All that is necessary for this purpose is to' detach the worn parts of the india-rubber sole and the edging and to replace them by new parts of suitable shapes and dimensions. The connection of the old and new india-rubber is effected by beveling the edges and attaching them together adhesively.

An india-rubber sole may also be applied to an ordinary leather boot in consequence oi? the employment of -a continuous edge which entirely surrounds the sole (see the part of Fig. 2 comprised between the endo the sole and the dotted lines) and which is sewn on to the edges of the sole and nailed to thebend.

What I claim and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent is:

A rubber soled shoe, comprising, in combination, a leather under-sole, a welt, an india-rubber sole molded in one piece and having its entire peripheral edge thinned, a

'heel provided with a recess to receive the ni l .1,125,993 Q thinned rear end of said rubber sole, a thinnedrear end of said rubber sole to seleather edging located over all of said cure the latter to said heel. `10 thinned peripheral edgeexcept that portion In testimon whereof my signatur located in said heel recess, a seam securing in presence o two wltnesses. I

5 said leather edging to said welt and passingi ARTHUR JEAN BAPTISTE FAURE. through said leather under-sole and sai I Witnesses: Y v thinned peripheral edge of said rubber sole, 'HANsoN C. Coxn,

and means driven into said heel and said RAOUL Tuono. 

